Why You Should Eat Bananas

Healthy and delicious, bananas are one of the most common and popular foods worldwide. They are packed with numerous nutrients and are efficient in aiding weight loss, digestion, and heart health

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Here’s more to bananas.

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Incredibly inexpensive, the humble bananas make a perfect nutritious snack for all people, even children love it. They are a power source of:

vitamin B6

vitamin C

plenty of dietary fiber

potassium

magnesium

manganese

copper

biotin

rich in pectin

antioxidant

Bananas also work efficiently in helping you fight stress. Its dopamine content raises your mood, while the B vitamins (including vitamin B6) in this fruit help soothe your nervous system. Plus, the magnesium content is associated with a positive mood.

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However, if you’re watching your weight and sugar intake or having signs of insulin resistance, please limit your consumption of bananas because this fruit is rather high in carbohydrates and sugars.

Take note also that the nutritional content of bananas varies, depending on its ripeness. They are at their healthiest in their unripened state. Green, or unripe bananas, contain 80 percent digestive-resistant starch, which is important for your optimal gut health. Since it’s a digestive-resistant starch, unripe bananas are proven to be effective in treating diarrhea. It goes directly into your large intestine and becomes food for the beneficial bacteria in your gut.

According to Dr. Joseph Mercola, bananas contain 12 grams of sugar per 100 grams. Or, a large banana contains 17 grams of sugar, which is more than double compared to what you’d get from a cup of strawberry slices (which contains only 8 grams). The good thing about it is that sugar comes with fiber, which slows digestion. Unripe or green bananas are better than the ripe ones because they contain higher amount of digestive-resistant starch. Resistant starch is not easily digested, and so it lessens the amount of sugar released into the bloodstream.

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